The Plum Line Archive: gay rights

* What if the American people declared that they think the best way to fix the deficit is to cut defense spending and hike taxes on the rich, and no high level politician in either party cared? * Governor Scott...

* No end in sight for Wisconsin standoff as Dems refuse to budge: With Governor Scott Walker threatening to initiate a process leading to layoffs if his budget repair bill doesn't pass by his latest "deadline" of this Tuesday, state...

* Dem Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana gives Scott Walker some friendly CEO-style advice: If you destroy the morale of your workers, "you are cutting your own throat." * This user-friendly state-by-state guide to all the battles between state governments...

George Washington University Law Professor Orin Kerr has written the most substantive criticism of the Obama administration's decision to stop defending Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act: If that approach becomes widely adopted, then it would seem to...

* Unions keep the pressure on Walker with new ads: The AFL-CIO is going up with new print ads in Wisconsin statewide newspapers, a union official says, pressing the case that public employees have already agreed to the fiscal concessions...

* At his presser today, Governor Scott Walker was asked why he said on the prank Koch call that he "thought about" introducing troublemakers into protesting crowds. His answer: "We've had all sorts of options brought to us by staff...